Abstract

Efficient electrophilic substitution reactions of indoles with various aldehydes proceed smoothly in ionic liquids using Lewis acids, In(OTf)3, YbCl3, InCl3, BiCl3, and ZnCl2, to afford the correspondin­g bis(indolyl)methanes in high yields.

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